Energy Mines: Energy and Caribbean Nation

energy mines: Photovoltaic solar energy is the one with the most progress, and there are 65 parks built throughout the country and another 15 are in process that will increase the installed power to 42 megawatts MW Tatiana Amaran Bogachova, general director of the Electricity Department at Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines, recently told national television, according to Global Times China. The cost of production and maintenance of a kilowatt hour KWh in a photovoltaic park saves 95 percent concerning the energy generated in a regular thermoelectric plant, she said. With the aim of transforming its energy model by 2024, the Caribbean nation expects to generate 24 percent of its electricity through renewable sources like sugarcane biomass, solar panels, wind farms and small hydroelectric plants. In 2018, the island produced 151,980 megawatt-hours MWh and saved 32,873 tons of diesel, the official said. Meanwhile, Ovel Concepcion, director of renewable sources at the island's Electric Union, said among the main challenges in the sector are installing about 700 MW in solar panel parks until 2030. Currently photovoltaic solar generation contributes 1.15 percent of the country's total consumption and this year it is expected that 52,199 tons of fuel will be saved, she added. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.